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213: 38: 145: 344: 324: 312: 296: 284: 272: 245: 225: 77:, worked in conjunction with him, and so much demand arose for their productions that ultimately a company of assistants was engaged, and plates were produced in increasing numbers, their quality as works of art declining as their quantity rose. The largest plate executed by William Finden was the portrait of King 347: 275: 299: 327: 96:
Later in life he undertook, in co-operation with his brother, aided by their numerous staff, the publication as well as the production of various galleries of engravings. The first of these, a series of landscape and portrait illustrations to the life and works of
315: 287: 248: 105:(in fifteen parts, 1838–40), the most costly and best of these ventures, he lost the fruits of all his former success. Finden's last undertaking was an engraving on a large scale of 70:. His neat style and smooth finish made his pictures very attractive and popular, and although he executed several large plates, his chief work throughout his life was book illustration. 60:, whose works he privately and earnestly studied. His first employment on his own account was engraving illustrations for books, and among the most noteworthy of these early plates were 85:. For this work he received two thousand guineas, a sum larger than had ever before been paid for an engraved portrait. Finden's next and happiest works on a large scale were the 228: 165: 160: 98: 78: 368: 82: 259: 252: 106: 61: 331: 303: 57: 335: 232: 90: 378: 373: 114: 251:., a painting by John Wood in the Forget Me Not annual for 1832 with a poetical illustration by 208: 217: 150:
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
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The Ports, Harbours, Watering-places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain Vol. 2
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Engravings for Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Books, with poetical illustrations by
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Rydal Water and Grassmere, from Rydal Park, Westmorland
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in The Amulet annual for 1827 with an attached poem by
22:(1787 – 20 September 1852) was an 8: 81:seated on a sofa, after the painting by Sir 87:Highlanders Return and the Village Festival 138: 136: 134: 45:K.B., engraving by William Finden after 130: 7: 302:., painted by William Ellis after 14: 342: 322: 310: 294: 282: 270: 243: 223: 214:Works by or about William Finden 143: 52:He served his apprenticeship to 350:. painted by George Pickering. 113:. The plate was bought by the 1: 318:. painted by John Henderson. 276:The Palace of Seven Stories 395: 300:The Volcano of Ki-Rau-E-A 328:Admiral Lord Collingwood 260:Letitia Elizabeth Landon 253:Letitia Elizabeth Landon 278:., painted by W Turner. 205:Works by William Finden 180:Encyclopædia Britannica 166:Encyclopædia Britannica 117:for £1,470. He died in 290:. painted by W Turner. 103:Gallery of British Art 49: 73:His younger brother, 40: 64:'s illustrations to 115:Art Union of London 50: 369:English engravers 249:The Thunder-Storm 231:., a painting by 209:Project Gutenberg 386: 346: 326: 314: 298: 286: 274: 247: 229:The Cottage Girl 227: 218:Internet Archive 190:Finden, William 183: 177: 171: 170: 149: 147: 146: 140: 43:Ralph Abercromby 16:English engraver 394: 393: 389: 388: 387: 385: 384: 383: 359: 358: 356: 201: 187: 186: 178: 174: 161:Finden, William 159:, ed. (1911). " 155: 144: 142: 141: 132: 127: 83:Thomas Lawrence 35: 17: 12: 11: 5: 392: 390: 382: 381: 376: 371: 361: 360: 354: 353: 352: 351: 339: 319: 307: 291: 279: 264: 263: 256: 240: 237:Felicia Hemans 220: 211: 200: 199:External links 197: 196: 195: 185: 184: 172: 157:Chisholm, Hugh 129: 128: 126: 123: 107:William Hilton 34: 31: 20:William Finden 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 391: 380: 377: 375: 372: 370: 367: 366: 364: 357: 349: 345: 340: 337: 333: 330:. painted by 329: 325: 320: 317: 313: 308: 305: 301: 297: 292: 289: 285: 280: 277: 273: 268: 267: 266: 265: 261: 257: 254: 250: 246: 242:Engraving of 241: 238: 234: 230: 226: 222:Engraving of 221: 219: 215: 212: 210: 206: 203: 202: 198: 193: 189: 188: 181: 176: 173: 168: 167: 162: 158: 153: 152:public domain 139: 137: 135: 131: 124: 122: 120: 116: 112: 108: 104: 100: 94: 92: 88: 84: 80: 76: 75:Edward Finden 71: 69: 68: 63: 59: 55: 48: 44: 39: 32: 30: 28: 25: 21: 355: 336:Henry Howard 332:Frank Howard 304:Frank Howard 233:Henry Howard 179: 175: 164: 110: 102: 95: 86: 72: 65: 51: 47:John Hoppner 19: 18: 379:1852 deaths 374:1787 births 111:Crucifixion 67:Don Quixote 58:James Heath 54:James Mitan 363:Categories 125:References 316:Lancaster 79:George IV 89:, after 27:engraver 288:Benares 216:at the 154::  24:English 334:after 182:, 1911 148:  119:London 91:Wilkie 62:Smirke 341:1838: 321:1833: 309:1833: 293:1832: 281:1832: 269:1832: 99:Byron 41:Sir 33:Life 207:at 163:". 109:'s 365:: 133:^ 121:. 93:. 29:. 338:. 306:. 262:. 255:. 239:. 194:.

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English
engraver

Ralph Abercromby
John Hoppner
James Mitan
James Heath
Smirke
Don Quixote
Edward Finden
George IV
Thomas Lawrence
Wilkie
Byron
William Hilton
Art Union of London
London



public domain
Chisholm, Hugh
Finden, William
Encyclopædia Britannica
The Ports, Harbours, Watering-places and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain Vol. 2
Works by William Finden
Project Gutenberg
Works by or about William Finden
Internet Archive

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